15 Jan
1998
15 Jan
'98
4:13 p.m.
On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, Roger Merchberger wrote:
;-) John Higginbotham head-scratched, yawned, then
typed:
Well, take a look at the files on:
ftp.funet.fi:/pub/cbm/crossplatform
What you really need is the so-called X1541 cable that connects the 1541
drive to the PC Parallel port, and one of several software packages that
are on funet.
- don
Okay, so I have a C-64c, 1541 floppy, and monitor.
Now how exactly would I
go about downloading programs from the internet on my PC machine and
porting them over to the Commodore? Will I need a special serial cable? I
have the 64 boxed up at the moment so can't really tell what I need.
IIRC, the Commie used a (fast to them -- dog slow to me) TTL serial hookup
for their drives... and I remember seeing a circuit that you could build
using either a Max232 IC or a 1488/1489 combo to change the 0v-5v levels of
the drive to the +12v-12v of standard RS-232C...
but I doubt I could find it right away... Then you just need to find the program that allows the
IBM to read/write
Commie progs / files to the drive; which I know is out there somewhere.
(No, I don't watch the X files... ;-)
I do have somewhere the circuit that allows you to hook up an Atari drive,
which used a similar arrangement.
HTH,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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